A Death on the Tracks

The 1 train slowed down as usual upon entering the Times Square station on Monday, November 7th, at 1:20 P.M., but then it braked so hard that those of us standing stumbled to keep our balance. The doors didn’t open. Outside, on the platform, people moved in various directions instead of waiting for the train. Transit workers in orange vests arrived, running. I watched through the windows of the second car. The workers shone their flashlights onto the track between my car and the front car. Next we saw a policeman put handcuffs on a woman, behind her back. Nobody speculated out loud about what might have happened.

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